SARKOZY TELLS IT LIKE IT IS - AT 3:07 P.M. ET:  As the United States treats enemies like friends and friends like enemies, the French - yes, the French - provide a little truth-tellin':

After Paris warned that new sanctions against Teheran remained an option despite the likelihood of negotiations with Iran, French President Nicolas Sarkozy maintained that the Islamic republic was still working on a nuclear weapons program.

"We cannot let Iran acquire nuclear" weapons because it would also be a threat to Israel, he added.

The word "also" is critical here.  Sarkozy clearly believes that Europe is threatened by an Iranian nuclear program, tied to a missile program. 

French Foreign Ministry spokesman Bernard Valero had warned that Iran must make "concrete gestures" at the long-awaited discussions. He said the sanctions option remained on the table in case Teheran makes "an error of choice."

COMMENT:  Contrast please with the behavior of President Obama, who was reluctant to denounce the murderers in Tehran as they were gunning down their own citizens in the streets, because that might "offend" people we were trying to bring to the negotiating table.

Have you ever seen France tougher than America? 

More change to bring us embarrassment.

September 16, 2009